"Qigong
as a part of the traditional Chinese medicine is similar to Western "meditation,"
Indian "Yoga" or Japanese "Zen," which can all be included
in the category of traditional psychotherapy. A series of physiological and
psychological effects occur in the course of Qigong training, but inappropriate
training can lead to physical and mental disturbances."

"When
l was an intern at the Lung Hua Hospital in Shanghai in 1982,
l saw a small but steady stream of patients who were diagnosed with "qigong
disease" or "taiji disease." Therefore,
people need to be a little careful when practicing qigong."

"Chinese
Qigong practice can lead to abnormal phenomena,
or even mental disorders, especially if practised inappropriately.
During the years 1950 to 1965, there were reports that the
practice of Chinese Qigong could lead to a deviation reaction."

Case
report:"We
report on a 65-year-old woman who presented with acute right
sided weakness because of an intracerebral (thalamic) haemorrhage.
As a Qigong enthusiast with a long standing history of hypertension, she developed a stroke syndrome soon after practising Qigong one morning."

"In
daring to speak the truth about qigong, Sima Nan has been kicked, beaten, detained,
tortured, ridiculed and accused of betraying his culture. He has suffered two
crushed vertebrae, a crushed trachea and other injuries at the hands of those
who were unhappy with Sima Nan's questioning the validity of qigong and
the claims of various qigong masters."

"The
final chapter is a report by Beijing Medical University psychiatrist Zhang Tongling
on the effects of qigong-induced psychosis (zuohuo rumo). Delusions, hallucinations,
and psychosis can result when people (especially those who are highly susceptible
to suggestion) become obsessed with practicing qigong, a condition frequently
encouraged by their masters."

"Qi-gong
psychotic reaction has been described in recent years as a new culture-bound
syndrome in China. I have been able to find little information on it, although
it is listed in the DSM-IV and the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders."

"The
danger of belonging to such a cult is that it dulls the intellect. Some people
become mindless robots and accept everything at face value instead of using
logic, science or proper statistical methods. For example, a common claim is
that a Master can cure any disease. This fact has never been verified."

"I
spent much time finding Qigong magazines and books, reading many amazing accounts
of the extraordinary abilities of Qigong Masters, and the healing powers of
Qigong. I sampled many techniques with the hope of hitting on the right one
for Kundalini help....."

"Many
different martial Qigong styles were created based on the theories and principles
of Buddhist and Daoist Qigong. This period lasted until the overthrow of the
Qing dynasty in 1911; from that point Chinese Qigong training was mixed with
Qigong practices
from India, Japan, and many other countries."

Chinese
hypnosis can cause qigong induced mental disorders
"In the past two decades many reports of mental disorders induced by qigong
have been published in the Chinese psychiatric literature. In the Chinese Classification
of Mental Disorders, second revised edition (CCMD2-R), qigong induced mental
disorder is found as a culture related mental disorder."

"This
book was published in 1987 by unnamed "Authors" from Hangzhou and
is a fairly thorough examination of schizophrenia from both a western and Chinese
medical perspective. There is some satisfying material on the traditional understanding
of mental disorders (principally dian-kuang) in Chinese medicine, with quotations
and opinions from many doctors through the ages."